What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCitrus Aurantium Amara Flower Water
MaskingGlycerin
Humectant
Cetearyl Olivate
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Ricinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Kaolin
Abrasive
Salix Alba Bark Extract
Astringent
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientGlyceryl Undecylenate
Emollient
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract
Masking
Oryza Sativa Powder
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialTocopherol
Antioxidant
Carica Papaya Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCymbopogon Martini Oil
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil
Masking
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCitric Acid
Buffering
Water, Citrus Aurantium Amara Flower Water, Glycerin, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Kaolin, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Benzyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Glyceryl Undecylenate, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Oryza Sativa Powder, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Cymbopogon Martini Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid
Alternatives
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
This is a botanical extract from the rosemary plant (the same one you cook with). In skincare, it mostly works as a skin conditioning agent.
Its activity comes from a handful of polyphenols, carnosic acid, carnosol, and rosmarinic acid. Almost 90% of the antioxidant activity of this ingredient can be attributed to canosol and carnosic acid.
These compounds protect your skin two ways:
1) They fight off free radicals, or the unstable molecules from things like sun and pollution that age and damage skin.
2) They help calm inflammation by switching off the chemical signals that tell skin to get red and irritated.
Lab studies also suggest that rosmarinic acid may help protect collagen and slow sugar-related damage to it.
The Cosmetic Ingredient Review has concluded rosemary-derived ingredients to be safe when formulated to be non-sensitizing.
Rosemary can occasionally cause allergic contact dermatitis (due to carnosol), so be sure to patch test if you have reactive or fragrance-sensitive skin.
Learn more about Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
